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  • It appeared that the dozen bottles of particular claret had been already drunk up by the gentlemen,

    The Virginians 2006

  • Punter, a Hanoverian, the Cavaliere Spada, Captain Blackball of a mysterious English regiment, which might be any one of the hundred and twenty in the Army List, and other noblemen and gentlemen,

    The Newcomes 2006

  • I have heard of one of the classical fellows in the dictionary who began by carrying a calf up a hill every day, and so continued until the animal grew to be a bull, which he still easily accommodated upon his shoulders; but take my word for it, young unmarried gentlemen,

    The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

  • I am very happy to find good taste by no means confined to gentlemen,

    Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin 2005

  • But to this I replied that, though I should be grieved to part company with such honest gentlemen,

    Still Separate & Unequal Fredrickson, George M. 2005

  • About fifty miles below that place I fell in with two English gentlemen,

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • Director General Ghanezadeh, distinguished members of the Iranian public and private sector, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • 'Right, I don't see any further point in my being here, so if that's all right with you gentlemen,

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Distinguished guests, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • PRESIDENT SANTER: Presidents, ladies and gentlemen,

    Press Conference By Eu Leaders ITY National Archives 1995

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